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Kony Crops Slashed

New Vision (Kampala)
NEWS
July 19, 2004
Posted to the web July 19, 2004

By Alex Odongo
Kampala
THE Army commander, Lt. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, has said the UPDF on Wednesday
cut down all the crops in Joseph Kony's plantation in southern Sudan.
Nyakairima held a press conference on Thursday at the 4th Division Army
Barracks in Gulu.
Flanked by the UPDF northern spokesman, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, Nyakairima briefed
the press on the progress of the army's pursuit of Kony into Sudan.
He said while pursuing the rebels in southern Sudan, the UPDF came across LRA
plantations of simsim, sorghum and beans, 2km south of Nsitu.
He said they also discovered a cassava plantation near Latanya Hill in Pader
district, suspected to belong to the rebels.
"We shall not uproot the cassava, but occupy the area and ambush any rebels
attempting to harvest it," Aronda said.
Nyakairima said the strategy was to starve the rebels so they weaken from
hunger and surrender.
He said the Sudan government had stopped supporting the Lord's Resistance Army
directly, though some Sudanese Army officers were still providing supplies.

   

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